I just read this poem while waiting for the computer to wake up. Its from a new book that I got: "Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy." I really liked the introduction by Neil Gaiman, where he talks about the "need" to "defend" his admiration for Kipling. I, in a sense, feel the same sort of inclination about HP Lovecraft (not the most accepting individual on the block.) At the end of his essay Gaiman quotes Stephen King: "Trust the tale, not the teller."